IS-LD YOUTHS 2 LAST

Rajagopal told PTI that all those missing were below the age of 30 and highly qualified.

Hakim, father of Hafesuddin who is among those missing from Kasaragod, told television channels that his son had left a month ago and there was no news from him.

"If he returns as a good man, I will welcome him. If not, I do not want to see even his dead body," he said.

Karunakaran said the family members told him that the youths had left for Middle East a month ago stating that they were going for religious studies.

But for the last one month, their families had no communication from them and so they were suspicious, he said.

Mustafa said among the missing were Dr Ijas and his dentist wife. They had left home saying they were going to Lakshadweep.

Abdul Rasheed, an engineering graduate, had left home with his wife and a two-year old daughter, stating that they were going to Mumbai for a job.

All the youths hail from middle class families and had been showing keen interest in religious matters since the last two years, Mustafa said. Bindu, mother of a young pregnant woman who converted to Islam after marriage, said her daughter was among the missing people. She said her daughter Nimisha was a final year Dental student in Kasaragod when she met and got married to a Christian youth, who later converted to Islam along with her. Bindu, hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, told TV channels, that she had received a call from her daughter on May 18 stating that she was going to Sri lanka along with her husband on a business tour. She sent a Whatsapp message on June 4 saying "she was ok", but since then there has been no information about her. The sobbing mother said she was worried as her daughters delivery was due next month. It was from newspaper reports that she came to know that her daughter was among the four missing --two brothers and their wives from Palakkad. Bindu also claimed that she had met ADGP Intelligence R Sreelekha, few days ago seeking her help in tracing her missing daughter, but there was no response. PTI UD VS RT

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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